radioNOVO News for Altoona: August 17, 2026

RNN ALTOONA 08/17/26          A ONE-YEAR-OLD GIRL IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER BEING HIT BY AN SUV SATURDAY MORNING IN ALLEGHENY TOWNSHIP.          STATE POLICE SAY THE TODDLER SUDDENLY ENTERED THE ROADWAY ON BRICK ROAD JUST AFTER NINE A.M. AND WAS STRUCK BY THE VEHICLE'S FRONT BUMPER. THE CHILD SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES AND WAS RUSHED TO UPMC ALTOONA BEFORE BEING AIRLIFTED TO THE PENN STATE HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER FOR TREATMENT. THE DRIVER WAS TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES.          A CAMBRIA COUNTY MAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER ALLEGEDLY MAKING ILLEGAL CONTACT WITH A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL.          ALLEGHENY TOWNSHIP POLICE ARRESTED 51-YEAR-OLD STEVE NOLAND JR. ON MULTIPLE CHARGES, INCLUDING CORRUPTION OF MINORS AND CHILD SEX ABUSE MATERIAL. NOLAND IS CURRENTLY HELD IN THE BLAIR COUNTY PRISON ON $50,000 BAIL.          AN INDIANA MAN IS BEHIND BARS WITHOUT BAIL AFTER ALLEGEDLY STEALING A PICKUP TRUCK AND LEADING ALTOONA POLICE ON A HIGH-SPEED CHASE SATURDAY MORNING.          25-YEAR-OLD TRISTIAN GEURIAN ALLEGEDLY STOLE THE TRUCK NEAR WILLIAMSBURG AND CRASHED IT INTO ANOTHER CAR, A LIGHT POLE, AND A TREE WHILE FLEEING OFFICERS. POLICE RECOVERED A STOLEN HANDGUN FROM INSIDE THE VEHICLE.            GEURIAN, WHO HAS MULTIPLE OUT-OF-STATE WARRANTS, FACES SEVERAL CHARGES, INCLUDING VEHICLE THEFT AND FLEEING POLICE.